by Elisabeth | Jan 25, 2017 | Recovery
4 Reasons We Struggle in Relationship & 4 Things We Can Do About It Let’s face it. Relational trauma leads to less-than-stellar relational patterns. And while some healing must happen in relationship, re-traumatization is almost guaranteed. So as I mentioned in...
by Elisabeth | Jan 18, 2017 | Defenders, Parenting
In my early life, my perfection mask was the best. I covered up all of my insecurities with accomplishments and acquisitions. But I had unconscious beliefs that I knew were the “truth”. I unconsciously knew there was something horribly wrong with me. I...
by Elisabeth | Apr 28, 2015 | Defenders, Inner Children, Recovery
*If you are sick and tired of hearing people tell you to “put the past behind you” or “get over it” or “move on with your life already”, I want to ensure you that this is not the message of this post. Today, I had a small epiphany. I was thinking about what life would...
by Elisabeth | Jul 5, 2013 | Memory Repression
I remember the first time I stopped defending against my repressed memories. I had always seen the memory flashes, but I ignored them. They weren’t memory flashes of actual attacks. They were images of very mundane scenes like a living room, a trinket on a counter...
